The first combat use of "inflatable" tanks occurred in Syria

First in stories combat destruction of an inflatable layout tank held in Syria. The Kurds were seduced by the trick of the Turks and fired an anti-tank missile at the inflatable simulator of the Leopard tank. It is noteworthy that the Kurds used ATGM Iranian-made Toophan-1, which is a copy of the famous American complex BGM-71 TOW.

Until today, it was believed that only the Russian army had "inflatable" military equipment in service. In addition to the tanks, the Russian military has models of the C-300 air defense systems, various radars, MiG-31, Su-27 fighters, as well as Topol-M strategic missile systems.

Dummies of military equipment are made of waterproof fabric. Inflatable models, like this technique, can reflect radio signals and simulate a working engine (for heat-guided missiles).

Since 2015, this “technique” has been regularly received by Russian troops.

Comments

[maratk]

These are shots for those who previously laughed at inflatable military products. what say this ???? or is it again you did not please ????

[figwam]

Rubber products have reached a new level, you can darn and again into battle.

[Vard]

At dusk ... and in general, in conditions of poor visibility, a sweet deal ... On the one hand, scare .... On the other ... Ammunition consumption ..

[maratk]

besides the point of fire to detect and destroy

[cormorant]

Yes, either enemies or not smart people laughed ...

[Spike Javelin Touvich]

The model is different

[Clueless]

I put the camouflage tools (net, branches and others) on top, and then you can distinguish it with horseradish with binoculars :)

[ProkletyiPirat]

Quote: Bad

horseradish distinguish it then with binoculars :)

And what did the inflatable tanks learn to ride and rotate the tower?

[Lycan]

Something like this can be bungled out of plastic. Fortunately, the weights are small.

[ProkletyiPirat]

Quote: Lycan

can ... bungle

“can” and “eat” are two big differences.

[Romka47]

It will be voluminous from plastic, it’s a bit more difficult to transport, and Popol M “blew away”, threw it into the trunk of a tiger, took it where necessary, and again “puffed”

[Bratkov Oleg]

Yes, the tanks are moving, the towers are turning, and the inflatable S-300 missiles in containers are being lifted, such as getting ready for launch.

[Earnest]

The tower is really spinning. But they definitely do not need to ride

[Adjutant]

Yes, well, time ...
Non-alcoholic beer, rubber women and inflatable tanks ...

[Cossack 471]

This is the Americans first started. it was they had a woman-lisa rice

[Berkut]

Suitable stock))) means the bait is working)))

[bombvojage]

It is a pity the faces of the ATGM operators are not visible on the video at the time of the hit))

[eugraphus]

Remember the news of the start of the civil war in Ukraine, when GDP received permission from the Federation Council on the use of the armed forces. States from satellites discovered on the border of Russia with Ukraine deployed Russian tank divisions. Ukraine began to trumpet Russian aggression. The militias were still very weak and disorganized. But the presence of Russian tanks was restrained by the APU. Russia, however, stated that we did not have any tanks. Between Russia and the United States there was a control flight agreement. The media then reported that the next such flight of a reconnaissance aircraft, did not find anything. ATO began to gain momentum, but time was saved in our favor.
I think that such a deployment and rapid loss of tanks could well be organized using inflatable equipment.

[Vladimir Chiyanov]

Ukrainians how foolishly ..... ohlomony!

[trol]

Serbs were the first to use our toys and quite successfully ...

[bratchanin3]

Is it possible to patch up a hole from a rocket and use it in a new way ?! The layout is all differently cheaper than a rocket.

[Awak]

There is a bike about a wooden bomb dropped by the British on an imitator of the Fritz airfield.

[Valery Saitov]

During World War II, German and Allied forces regularly bombed each other's airfields. Therefore, the German command gave the order to build a complete model of the airfield and aircraft made of wood in order to divert the attention of the Allies. The construction took place in an atmosphere of strict secrecy. But, once an Allied bomber flew over the airfield and dropped only one bomb, after which the construction stopped. The bomb was wooden.
After the British dropped a wooden bomb, the Germans decided to place real planes on this toy airfield, because the British, knowing about the simulation of the airfield, would consider them mock-ups. Two days after the relocation of German aircraft, the British again bombed the airfield, but with real bombs. At the end of the bombing, a pennant was dropped with the words: “But this is another matter!”

[Jerk]

How many hundreds of kilobaks were punished by the barmalei? ATGM - not an expensive thing

[SergF123]

Great idea

[pogis]

The rocket did not explode?